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The clock is ticking away as the climate catastrophe appears imminent. With the rich nations failing to honour their funding commitments in climate change mitigation, the crisis is deepening by the day. In the ongoing global climate summit—COP27—at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, India has rightly put the onus on wealthy nations to substantially enhance the […]
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In one such report they published last July on World Population Day, they predicted that the world population will reach eight billion on November 15, 2022.
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New York: India at United Nations voted in favour of Russia’s draft resolution on “Combating glorification of Nazism.” Amid the spirited debate, the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly approved a draft resolution on combating the glorification of Nazism by a recorded vote of 105 in favour to 52 against, with 15 abstentions. […]
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Ahead of the United Nations climate conference — COP27 —, there are ominous reports suggesting that the nations are far behind the targets set for containing global warming. Despite the grand pledges, greenhouse emissions continue to play havoc with the planet. According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2022, the world […]
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Even in countries with massive numbers of undernourished people, such as in India, harvests are moving away from crops for direct food consumption.
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Making her debut on the world stage on Wednesday at the high-level meeting of the General Assembly, she said: "The free world needs this economic strength and resilience to push back against authoritarian aggression and win this new era of strategic competition."
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The UN agency said the new arrivals have been observed in the Bay region (29 per cent) and Banadir region (28 per cent), followed by the Bari region (12 per cent) and Gedo region (10 per cent).
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United Nations: With just under eight years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), actor-producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas said “a just, safe and healthy world” is the right of every individual which can become a reality with global solidarity. During her appearance at the 2022 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment opening remarks at the […]
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Hyderabad: The former United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Erik Solheim congratulated MA&UD Minister, KT Rama Rao for the efforts to make Hyderabad the most liveliest and world-class city. “This absolutely amazing, Telengana! Investing in solar, in health, in making Hyderabad a most lively city. World class! Congrats @KTRTRS,” Erik Solheim tweeted. This absolutely amazing, Telengana 🇮🇳! […]
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The latest United Nations report detailing the serious human rights violations by Chinese authorities and mass detention of Uyghur Muslims is a powerful indictment of the suppression of ethnic minorities in a country that has been flexing its muscles in the region and blatantly displaying territorial hegemony. The significance of the report — published after […]
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The treaty sets a standard and it depends on the extent to which countries and civil society groups are willing to cooperate
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UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid is to arrive in India on Sunday for a two-day visit. During his visit he will meet Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar and Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra and discuss the "ongoing issues at the General Assembly, and India's engagement with the United Nations."
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It’s no brainer that population growth adversely impacts economic prosperity. The latest ‘World Population Prospects 2022’ report says India is on course to becoming the world’s most populous country. The population is projected to be 1.429 billion next year when China would have 1.426 billion people. By 2050, it is estimated that India will have […]
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Colombo: Nearly 10 per cent of Sri Lanka’s 22 million population were already staring at food security issues before the pandemic, which turned even direr when authorities shut down the economy and imposed a blanket ban on the use of chemical fertilisers, according to data released by the country’s central statistical agency on Monday. At […]
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Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has sent a letter to the United Nations formally requesting that his country be referred to as “Türkiye,” the state-run news agency reported. The move is seen as part of a push by Ankara to rebrand the country and dissociate its name from the bird, turkey, and some negative […]
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Hyderabad: Apart from Central Government’s recognition, Telangana Government’s measures being taken up to address malnutrition among women and children, now feature in a report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) 2022 report focusing on Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture (NSA). The FAO report on “Bridging the gap between nutrition and agriculture in Telangana […]
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The writing on the wall is very clear. The scorching heatwave currently sweeping large swathes of India is a grim reminder of the dangers of climate change, a result of the unbridled exploitation of natural resources like coal and other fossil fuels. Such intense heat waves, with many areas recording the hottest March temperatures in […]
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United Nations: Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the economies of many developing countries that are now facing even higher food and energy costs and increasingly difficult financial conditions, a UN task force warned Wednesday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released the report saying that the war is “supercharging” a crisis in food, energy and […]
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Despite being given a long rope to stop sponsoring terror outfits and check terror financing, Pakistan has failed to convince the international community with credible and verifiable actions. It is therefore not surprising at all that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Paris-based global watchdog on terror funding, has decided to retain Pakistan on […]
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New Delhi: Meta has pledged $15 million to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and neighbouring countries amid the Russian invasion. This includes $5 million in direct donations to United Nations agencies and more than a dozen nonprofits, including International Medical Corps that will be using these funds to deploy mobile medical units to Ukraine and […]
